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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1968
Page
1
The county zoning board, with members Alfred Hansen Floyd DeForest and Kenneth Duncan, discussed Land Reclamation Project No. 1 before deciding to recommend approval to the supervisors.
Two charges against James Sells and Larry Grosvenor were dismissed for lack of evidence after a home assault. James Sale faces defacing a building charge with $1,000 bail and an August 6 court date. Victim Paul Smith's home was broken into by a gang. several defendants remain under jurisdiction for break in and assault charges.
Washington AP reports Rep Ered Schwengel Iowa opposes a bill allowing larger trucks on interstate highways with unusual determination. He cites trucking campaign contributions to committees involved and blasts attempts to unduly influence Congress on the bill. Memphis AP notes James Earl Ray likely won not wear a bulletproof vest at King assassination trial. security will be perimeter based, no extra paraphernalia anticipated.
Employers withholdings exceeding 100 dollars for the quarter ending June 30 must deposit through the Federal Tax Deposit system by July 31. deposits are now made to banks or the Federal Reserve rather than with the quarterly return. IRS Kansas City center supplies FTD forms. rules apply to income, social security, excise and railroad retirement taxes.
At 1 28 p m Friday two cars were damaged in an accident on Park Avenue near Washington Street. Freddie P Taylor 30 of 62914 7th Street Rock Island drove north and stopped for a light when Robert S Winchester 619 N Pacific Ave Kelso Washington following struck Taylor s car in the rear. Bruce L Sturdevant vice president of Stanley Consultants Inc was appointed as volunteer representative of the American Social Health Association in Muscatine. The association campaigns against drug dependence and abuse diseases and prostitution.
36 officers completed a four week training course at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy, now at Camp Dodge. Linn County Sheriff David Floyd says the graduates will provide better protection and meet Iowans’ needs from law enforcement, as the academy was established by a 1967 law setting up the facility.
Leland Roadybush of Muscatine joins 42 Iowa teachers on a six week field study at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico under ESCP. Dr Keith Hussey says the program blends field work with students, showing geology at one to one scale. The NSF sponsors ESCP as a third year project.
Monsanto Co board declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents a share on common stock. Dividend payable Sept 16 to stockholders of record Aug 15. Muscatine Journal details subscription pricing and delivery info for Muscatine Iowa.
Fourteen candidates contest the Muscatine chapter Izaak Walton League board election to fill fourte en seats. The Aug 1 regular meeting will choose directors, with candidates including Carl Tiecke George Blackwood Robert Thorpe Fred Bunn Robert Kaufman John Nesmith Gerald Hetzler Don Phelps Harry Starkweather Lloyd Suttles Carl Theobald Walter Lewis Dean Mink and Richard Hidle baugh. Regular trapshoots are set for 1 am on Aug 3 and Aug 4, and a board meeting is scheduled for 8 pm Aug 15.
XL's trace their origins from Wilton and Muscatine as the Swingin Shepherds to a nationally known rock band. They perform at 8 tonight in Muscatine High School auditorium with parents invited and ticket outlets listed in town.
Engineering students from state universities join Grain Processing Corporation for the third annual summer training program. Two students per campus work under Dr. Carl Egger on assigned lab analyses and major projects, gaining industrial exposure and contributing to ongoing work. Allen Harvey of Iowa State and Patrick Mulvihill of the University of Iowa perform lab analyses and project duties, with monthly management-reviewed reports and record-keeping duties.
Mrs. David W. Bowers has received word that her husband has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant while stationed in DaNang Vietnam. His address is Sgt. David W. Bowers U S 54815156 Co D 35th Eng Bn San Francisco Calif APO 96337.
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